Like many boys his age, Timothy (not his real name), 15, loves to assemble things to play with - except that he put together an airsoft gun, which is a prohibited item here and can cause serious injury when fired.
The student got interested after watching YouTube videos about such replica guns earlier this year. He tried to purchase one from a local seller on Instagram but failed.
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